Here is a grand old lady,the Anchor Lines Columbia. Built by Hendersons of Glasgow in 1902 she served on the North Atlantic run. She was converted to an Armed Merchant Cruiser in WW1 and re-named Columbella to avoid confusion with the U.S. Navy's U.S.S. Columbia. In 1919 she reverted to her original name and carried on in the North Atlantic run until sold to Greek owners in 1926. She was renamed Morea and was broken up in Venice in 1929.
This study was was painted by the artist Douglas Napier Anderson,
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